California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force meets in person Wednesday for the first time since its inaugural meeting nearly a year ago.
FILE - Rev. Amos Brown, senior pastor of Third Baptist Church, San Francisco, Calif., speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. California's first-in-the-nation reparations task force meets in person Wednesday, April 13, 2022, for the first time since its inaugural meeting nearly a year ago. The two-day event will be held at Third Baptist Church in San Francisco's historic Fillmore district.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation creating the two-year reparations task force in 2020, making California the only state to move ahead with a mission to study the institution of slavery, educate the public about its findings and develop remedies. Reparations at the federal level has not gone anywhere, but cities and universities across the country are taking up the issue.
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